. >>> now the latest in the newtown, connecticut shooting. many students returned to class for the first time. also the commity continued the heartbreaking task of burying the young victims. jennifer davis is live in newtown tonight. how did this first day back to school go? >> reporter: you know, it was an interesting and painful day here yet again in newtown. what you notice is with all the traffic on these little tiny streets you saw hearses and school buses. you saw funeral processions and students. that gives you a good sense of the two directions they're being pulled in as their in the depth of the grief and saying good-bye to these young children, but also trying to help the surviving children get to a routine. they had two more funerals today. a little boy b james who loves math and recess. a little girl jessica who asked santa for a new pair of cowgirl boots this year. all the students in the area that didn't go to sandy hook went to school. they did a lot of talking about friday and they were together and that seems to have comforte